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Lord Of The Flies And Civilization

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The novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, tells of a group of young English boys who find themselves stranded on an island and destitute, or devoid, of adults. The boys elect a leader and find great solace in Ralph, who appears very competent. However, this changes when an ominous sight of a beastie emerges. Here, it is told how the evil in civilization does not destroy humans but instead the evil in humans destroy civilization. This is shown when the boys mercilessly kill the sow and when an adult appears but comes from a war zone. The boys face a gradual transformation from civilized people to barbaric savages. By the end of the novel, the boys are running rampant and extirpate, or eradicate, all forms of civilization. Rosseau explicitly

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